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#ifndef CHANNEL_POOL_H_INCLUDED
#define CHANNEL_POOL_H_INCLUDED


namespace mixer
{
namespace priv
{

class ChannelPool
{
public:

    /** returns a buffer of the specified size. */
    static float * get(); //TODO: pool is still not deallocated.

    /** give back a buffer to the pool. */
    static void free(float * buffer);

    /** deallocate the buffers in the pool*/
    static void finalize();


    static unsigned int PoolMaxSize;

}; // end of class

} // end of namespace priv
} // end of namespace mixer


#endif // CHANNEL_POOL_H_INCLUDED
